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Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.